On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 02:03:25PM -0700, parvath reddy suprima wrote:
> can u tell me how to partition the disk and mount XFS and my Debian
> machine already has ext3 filesystem mounted on the disk.do i hav to
> make system backup before i mount XFS and how to do it.. please can u
> help me with this...
Are you planning on reinstalling, switching, or adding another
partition?
Reinstalling:
Use the new debian-installer CDs for Sarge. They have native XFS
support.
Switching:
This is a little trickier, especially if you want to do this in place.
I would recommend getting help with this from someone at your local
Linux User Group.
Adding another partition:
Upgrade your kernel to something past 2.4.25 (IIRC) and install
the xfsprogs package. Reboot to the new kernel and verify that xfs is
listed in /proc/filesystems. You might have to modprobe in the xfs
module. Now you can mkfs your new partition and mount it where ever
you please.
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